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PATENTED JULY 5. 1904.

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No. 764,509. Patented July 5, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

SAMUEL H. TINSMAN, OF MORRIS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PERU PLOW 8a WHEEL COMPANY, OF PERU, ILLINOIS.

PLANTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,509, dated July 5, 1904.

Application filed September 12, 1903. Serial No. 172,882- (No model.) i

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Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. TINSMAN, a means for connecting the rear end of the citizen of the United States of America, and a tongue with said axle may be of any suitable resident of Morris, Grundy county, Illinois, known or approved character-as, for exam- 5 have invented a certain new and useful Im ple, the clip a. (Shown in Fig. 5.) With reprovement in Planting-Machines,of which the spect to the rocking or oscillating action of following is a specification. this axle (to be hereinafter described) the cen- My invention relatesto corn-planters in gentral portion of the polygonal axle can be round eral, but more particularly to corn-planters or cylindric, so as to turn readily in the said 1 of that construction in which the seeding clip. The said tongue can be also connected mechanism is capable of a check-row mode of to said axle by meansof rearwardly-extending operation, and more particularly to that type bars 0, which latter are secured to the tongue of check-rower in which the dropping mechat c and adapted to engage or connect with anism is adapted to be operated by check-row the axleat 0 The construction is, of course, I 5 wires. such that the said 'axle can turn relatively to Generally stated, the object of myinvention said bearing portions 0 These bars a may is the provision of an' improved and highlyhave rear extensions 0 adapted to support a 5 eificient corn-planter. rotary scraper-bar 0', provided at each end A special object is the provision of an imwith the scrapers 0". A foot-lever 1) can be I 2 proved construction and arrangement for peremployed for rotating this scraper-bar c, and

Knitting the runners to be raised and lowered thereby applying the scrapers to the chanat will. neled peripheries of the wheels B. 7 Another object is the provision of an im- It will be seen that the forward portion of proved swinging connection between the runmy improved corn-planter is of an exceed- 5 nor-frame and the wheels. ingly light and at the same time strong and It is also an object to provide certain details rigid construction, the runner-frame involvand features of improvement tending to ining merely the usual rock-shaft E for opercrease the general efficiency and serviceability ating the dropping mechanism and also a bail of a corn-planter of this particular character. F, the latter constituting a part of the means 3 To the foregoing and other useful ends my for raising and lowering the runners or fur invention consists in matters hereinafter set row-openers G. It will be understood that forth and claimed. the seedboxes H and the dropping mechan- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is ism can be of any suitable known or approved a plan of a corn-planter embodying the princonstruction. The guide rolls /1., also the 35 ciples of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitunotched arms 71, on the ends of the rock-shaft dinal section on line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is E, can also be of any desired form or construcan enlarged detail of the connection between tion consistentwith their function of guiding 5 the tongue and the rock-shaft, which constithe check-row wires and engaging the knots tutes a part of the means for raising and lowor enlargements on the latter for the purpose 4 ering the runners. Fig. t is a view similar of intermittently operating the dropping to Fig. 2, but showing the runners lifted from mechanism. the ground. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail of The bail-shaft F is preferably mounted to 9 the connection between the tongue and the turn in bearings f, secured to the bars 0, and rear axle. is provided at its ends with crank-armsf',

45 As thus illustrated my improved cornadapted to engage the forward ends of the planter comprises an axle A, supported by said runners. The means for rocking this wheels B B. It also comprises a tongue (1, bail F and also for rocking or oscillating the extending rearwardly and connected with the axle A comprises an arm on the bail F, an

arm a on the said axle, a link 1, connecting said arms, and another link 2', connecting the arm a with an operating-lever J. This operating-lever is preferably pivoted at its lower end to the tongue and is provided with the usual hand-operated dog or locking device adapted to engage the rack j, which latter is rigidly secured to the said tongue.

It will be observed that the runners are practically independent of each other as far as any rigid connecting-framework is concerned and that the top of each runner has a framework of its own. Each runner-frame is preferably provided with rearwardly-extending ears g. These ears are connected with the axle A by means of arms g. These arms are rigidly secured to said axle, but are provided with forward portions 5/, adapted to rotate in the said ears or bearing portions g. Thus it will be seen that the axle A, the bail F, and the rock-shaft E constitute the sole medium of connection between the two runners. Thus constructed my improved cornplaiiter is light and strong and rigid, and, furthermore, is comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

It will be seen that the tongue extends rearwardly and is connected directly with the axle. With this arrangement the runners can be raised and lowered at will without raising and lowering the tongue. In other words, the runners are raised and lowered relatively to the tongue and rear wheels, thus rendering the machine exceedingly easy to manipulate and handle. When the runners are down, the hand-lever and link connections, the axle, rock-shafts, and crank-arms are in the position shown in Fig. 2. The runners are raised by grasping the lever J and pulling it rearward, so as to not only rotate the bail F, but also the axle A. The said axle and forward rock-shaft are thus practically simultaneously rocked for the purpose of raising the runners from the ground. The arms 9 on the axle lift the heels or rear portions of the runners, while the arms f on the rockshaft F simultaneously therewith lift the forward portions of the runners. In this way, as stated, the runner-framework involves but few parts, is light and strong and rigid, and is raised and lowered at will without the necessity of lifting and lowering the tongue.

I claim as my invention 1. A planting-machine, comprising a rocking axle, wheels on said axle, a tongue connected directly with the said axle, runners carrying suitable hoppers and dropping mechanism and adjustable relatively to said tongue, and means including said axle for raising and lowering the said runners.

2. A planting-machine comprising a pair of wheels, a rocking axle supported by said wheels, a tongue suitably connected with said axle, a pair of runners carrying suitable hoppers and dropping mechanism andadjustable relatively to said tongue, and means including said axle and a hand-lever suitably connected for raising and lowering said runners.

3. A planting-machine comprising a pair of runners carrying suitable hoppers and dropping mechanism, anaxle constituting the sole medium of connection between the rear portions of said runners, a rock-shaft for operating the said dropping mechanism, a bail constituting the sole medium of connection between the forward ends of said runners, a tongue rotatively connected with both the said axle and the said bail, and a lever suitably connected for simultaneously rocking said axle and bail and thereby raising and lowering said runners.

4. A planting-machine comprising a pair of wheels, a rocking axle supported by said wheels, a pair of runners carrying suitable hoppers and dropping mechanism, and means including said axle for raising and lowering said runners.

5. A planting-machine comprising an axle, wheels on said axle, a bail connecting the forward ends of said runners, and means including said axle and bail for raising and lowering said ruuuers.

6. Aplanting-machine comprising a pair of wheels, an axle supported by said Wheels, a pair of runners arranged in front of said wheels and carrying suitable hoppers and dropping mechanism, crank-arms connecting said axle with the rear portions of said runners, a tongue connected directly with said axle, and means including said axle and arms for raising and lowering said runners, the said axle and crank-arms consitituting the sole medium of connection between the upper rear end portions of said runners.

7 A planting-machine comprising runners, a suitable tongue, suitable dropping mechanism and hoppers mounted on said runners, a pair of wheels traveling behind said runners, a straight axle supported by said wheels, arms rigidly secured to said axle and having forward portions rotatively connected with the upper rear end portions of said runners, and means including said axle and arms and a lever for raising and lowering said runners.

8. A planting-machine comprising runners carrying suitable hoppers and dropping mechanism, a pair of wheels, a rocking axle supported by said wheels, a tongue having its rear end mounted on said axle, and means including said axle and a plurality of links and crank-arms for raising and lowering said runners.

9. A planting-machine comprising a tongue, an axle having a rocking connection with said tongue, wheels on said axle, runners carrying seedboxes and adjustable relatively to the tongue, and manually-controlled means suitably connected for rocking said axle and theretongue, a rock-shaft carried by the tongue and provided with arms connected with said runners, and manually-controlled means suitably eonneeted for rocking said shaft and I5 thereby raising and lowering said runners and seedboxes.

Signed by me at Morris, Grundy county,

Illinois, this 27th day of August, 1903.

SAMUEL H. TIN SMAN Witnesses:

E. CLOSER, J. H. ALSDORF. 

